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- Safeena Husain founded the organization Educate Girls to support children who have never attended school or dropped out.
- Her personal experience with interrupted education and early social pressure to marry shaped her career focus.
- She later recognized the widespread impact of patriarchal attitudes after a community interaction in India.
- The organization aims to bridge educational gaps for girls across various regions.
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Safeena Husain
founder of Educate Girls
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“This is my son, this is my daughter, this is my everything.”
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…There was silence, she recalled. The women around him appeared almost mournful. They told him he was still young and should remarry and “try again” for a son. Her father simply put his arm around her and said: “ This is my son, this is my daughter, this is my everything. ” The prejudice exists For Husain, however, the moment was about the girls who could not simply leave the village. “My father and I can,” she remembered thinking. “But what about all the girls who are there?” In…
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